Bushwick Homecomings- The Record is a documentary film that examines the NYC neighborhood of Bushwick Brooklyn in a twenty-year overview of changes and rapid development in the nabe. The original documentary enjoyed a successful film festival run in 2007 - 2008 and aired as part of broadcast programming on BET Networks and the Documentary Channel.

Bushwick Homecomings- The Record, (debut screening TBA) encompasses the original 2006 documentary and covers recent developments in Bushwick since the debut of the 2006 original film.

The film touches upon the tensions that arise when a community is in the midst of development, gentrification and change and when identities such as race, ethnicity and socioeconomic barriers come to the fore.

Directors Statement

Director Stefanie Joshua embarked on this documentary sequel, Bushwick Homecomings- The Record, encapsulating a 20-year examination of change and community development. Incorporating objective statistical data as well as literature and personal accounts, the director hopes to take viewers on a journey and exploration of a topic with which humans seem to continually grapple; change.

Stefanie Joshua is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn. From the filmmakers perspective, the documentary film, which was born from the filmmakers Masters thesis project in Sociology, is the examination and pursuit of understanding the social and economic mechanisms that spur change within communities. The filmmakers ideology is that a greater understanding of these concepts can help to bridge and build community.

An educator, administrator and yogi, Stefanie works and lives in New York City.